The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-25

- ~ iiosa1 any Carriage nae,
orldge, witness resides near the b,;s
pass over the bridge. After tba ' .s ear
witness went down to the front o.. shooting
it was that he saw the IasR
TWO MEN
on the east end of the BRIDGE. -.
talking; one ran uplthe street. 5 sS! Eers
any one come up and disappear to--- ~. Sc
south side or any other wav: dor,,. lie
what happened before Nj Ncv,Aaos
there; did not hear any one ask sot
driver what happened; could NJ.
whether there were people in the So. ~
fore he got there or not; it was sft'"oe '
banks had passed that he saw AIcFa- e.
did not see any hack or carriage. bis.,0ld
ton was attracted toward the so7,L- 1''Sa-
did not notice or hear any one al NJ,
aniss's speak to Eubanks; could a..
Mrs. Cabaniss's gate; witness went sc
bridge; Mr. Jayne and Mr.. Caravan -
there, and two other gentlemen; sev - -
Hamilton; he was about forty or fftv -
from the big tree; he was WALKING w., .5si
gentlemen; he seemed to be in psi,'- y,
not hear Hamilton say anything. -. ga
Mr.. Mckee met them; did not see 80. SO
pass soon after the killing: had no+ 4.Ist
to Eubanks or Hamilton since the t.,T.-l
Witness went and told his rnotba- -
had happened, then he went back ana --
the crowd carrying GambrelFs bodv. -
10 Gambrelrs house; did not hear spr-
of pain; did not hear the beating; tie f,-.
was all closed; everything was all -
1 when witness came down stairs.
BY the defense-Neyer saw two man,
| gagged in mortal combat, hence conI5 -.
| say how fast they could shoot: If ~
could put an oyster can on the muzzls =
| his pistol, toss il into the air and sho,.5 (.
| three times before it reached the srogns
thought he could have fred as fast AZ y.
shooting was done.
Mr.. Cadwallader re-called-The hos.
went fast in going down the hill. but vsk
ed over the bridge. This was while ~,
were en- route to town, Lawrence'sl
BY the State-Nothing attracted his ST.
tention to the manner In which the berss
| crossed the bridge. 1t was the first finn
that he had ridden over the bridge FOR.
long time; had not driven across the bride
since was pretty positive. however. tbst
the horse walked across the bridge. rs.
member that they came down the incline
fast.
THOMAS SHAW,
colored, tailor, residing on Capitol stree,
| Jackson-examineda lot of clothing hand
ed to him. Identified the articlts as a mart
of Col. Hamilton's wardrobe that he had
altered. Col. Hamilton called for the
clothing in person. Identified the psper
that the clothing was wrapped in. Col.
Hamilton called for them on the night of
the 4th. His wife told him that she had
delivered them to the Colonel. The cloth.
ing did not show any indication Of having
been worn. Did not think that they had
been worn. They were delivered on the
night of the 4th. Witness had not been
connected with the penitentiary for years
FRANK KAvANAUGH.
Resides on State street, No. 622: iss
| painter; was ON the bridge between $50
| and 8 O'Clock; saw Col. Hamilton's hack
going west; the horse was walking across
the bridge; heard the shots that night; the
the FIRST two shots were first heard, and
then the rest came in rapid succession.
By the State-Was in front of Rietti's
store, four blocks south of Capital street.
this is about a half-mile from the bridge;
| first came two shots, one right after the
other and then pause, and then the rapid
shooting; the shooting was quite rapid.
Witness here illustrated with his hands
how the shooting occurred. Was working
for Mrs. Steadman; told her that he had
never heard Hamilton, Albrecht and Fig.
ures talking together. Saw Hamilton.
Cadwallader and a gentleman in the car
riage; it passed over the bridge slowly and
started off in trot as it got off the bridge;
did not see Col. Hamilton after that; saw
Col Hamilton frequently after the publ.
cation in the Sword and Shield. One night
Dick Kerr was with him; never saw Al
brecht and Figures with him.
| Witness had to stop to let the buggy
pass; witness was on the foot bridge but
always crosses diagonally over the bridge;
was talking when the shooting occurred;
| there were others at Rietti's store; the first
| shot did not seem longer than the Others;
| did not hear Mr.. Gates warning the people
not to go over on the bridge; did not tell
MIR. Monahan that Gates had warned him
about crossing the bridge at night; Mr.
| Fletcher told witness that he had been told
to keep his lady off the street. trouble
was expected; this was the Sunday after
the publication.
Witness told Monahan what he had heard;
never told Mrs. Steadman that he had over
heard Hamilton talking to Figures and Al
brecht; never said that he had heard any
such conversation; had spoken TO Mrs.
Stedman on a Monday morning. He told
| Mrs. Steadman that row had been ex
pected at the depot on Sunday; that It was
thought that Hamilton and Gambrell
would meet at the train. He said that they
were both fighting men.
By the Defense-The conversation with
Monahan was before the killing.
L. A. WYATT,
,roe,.-,,z % a.. Cr.-.,.-, c..I1.... U;s
Institute is situated near the Capitol build
ing, on the site of Green's old bank; his
rooms are on the western side of the build
! ing; on the morning after the killing a
bullet was picked up on the floor of the
college; it came through the window blind
and two lights of glass; the bullet was de-
scending ball; did not notice the angle Of
descent; it was picked up by the janitor;
his name Is Lawrence; saw the bullet but
could not tell its calibre; the bullet entered
the south window on the west end of the
building; the bullet seemed to have passed
over the Clarion building from the bridge.
1t was evidently a spent ball.
By the State-The building is a little east
of the Clarion building; the Clarion build
ing is fifty yards west, and is a three-story
structure. Looked through the hole made
through the blind and the two glasses; the
angle was about 40 degrees. This building
Is about four blocks and over, or ABBOTT 800
yards off. If this bullet went through the
carriage it must have been fired from the
back part or the west of the carriage The
shot would have to be fired at about IS
degrees elevation to have made the hole in
the window. Thought it was ii long dis
lance for the pistol to shoot; the bullet was
mashed a little, not much.
Was shown both pistols. Did not think
the bullet was large enough for the big pis-
toll. Thought it seemed TO be about the
size of the smaller weapon.
BY the defense-Did not know the range
of a Smith 81 Wesson; never experimental
with one.
MRS. HEAPHY
recalled-Mr. Kelly told witness that the
men at the door were Figures and Albrecht
Those two men could not possibly have got
to her store from the bridge between the
first and second shots.
By the State-They were east Of her
store when the firing began.
LAMAR FoNTAINE.
Civil engineer. Was shown a diagram Of
the bridge; was familiar with projectiles
and the range of bullets, etc. He made the
diagram. The memorandum contained IN
the map stated all that he could testify to-
Witness took the angle from the bridge
to the Wyatt building, and found that
bullet could have been fred into the
building. He took the angles, etc, ana
arrived at this conclusion from observations
made. The range of Smith d Wesson,
held at proper elevation, was about loJo
yards. Had dropped them at that range
Had made experiments with the Colts a.
pistol, using the Winchester A., shot IN
to clear sides of pork, and into spoilt meat
These experiments we're made at eight,
twelve and fifteen steps. A bullet not fred
weighed POI grains; the first bullet fired